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Cold Cold Ground: A Detective Sean Duffy Novel
Cold Cold Ground: A Detective Sean Duffy Novel | Adrian McKinty
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Spring 1981. Northern Ireland. Belfast on the verge of outright civil war. The Thatcher government has flooded the area with soldiers, but nightly there are riots, bombings, and sectarian attacks. In the midst of the chaos, Sean Duffy, a young, witty, Catholic detective in the almost entirely Protestant Royal Ulster Constabulary, is trying to track down a serial killer who is targeting gay men. As a Catholic policeman, Duffy is suspected by both sides and there are layers of complications. For one thing, homosexuality is illegal in Northern Ireland in 1981. Then he discovers that one of the victims was involved in the IRA, but was last seen discussing business with someone from the Protestant UVF (Ulster Volunteer Force). Fast-paced, evocative, and brutal, this book is a brilliant depiction of Belfast at the height of the Troubles and a cop caught in the cross fire.
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#WondrousWednesday @Eggs @Twainy Thanks for the tag!

1. Not always! Sign of a good author is when you are surprised!

2. The tagged book is one of my favorite series.

3. I like books about books and bookstores.

4. My grandchildren.

Anyone reading this is tagged!

Twainy Hmmm he wrote The Chain. Adding to my TBR. 😁 3y
EadieB @Twainy Yes! A very talented writer! 3y
TiredLibrarian @EadieB How could I have forgotten books about books & bookstores? I'm a sucker for them too!❤️📚
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EadieB @TiredLibrarian I love when they mention different books throughout. If I haven‘t read the ones they mention, then I add them to my TBR list. 3y
Eggs # 3 - yes!! Perfect❣️ Thanks for playing 🙌🏻📖💙 3y
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We binge watched Derry Girls last week, so I was looking for books set during The Troubles. This one is the first of The Troubles Trilogy and follows Sean Duffy, the only Catholic police officer in a Protestant neighbor, as well as on the force. I really enjoyed it. There was a good amount of dark humor as well as history that was weaved through the story, and I have already downloaded book 2.

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Day 7 - #Cold #WordsOfOctober
#TheColdColdGround #AdrianMcKinty

This is the 1st book in the excellent Sean Duffy series.

OriginalCyn620 Sounds good! 3y
EadieB @OriginalCyn620 Very good and one of my favorite series! 3y
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Here‘s the link to 4 chapters of a new Sean Duffy rough copy in progress:

https://adrianmckinty.blogspot.com/p/hang-on-st-christopher-adrian-mckinty.html

andrew61 Thanks for sharing, i can't wait to read this. 4y
EadieB @andrew61 You‘re welcome! It‘s been too long between books! 4y
cathysaid Yes!! Thank you ☺️ 4y
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EadieB @cathysaid you‘re welcome! 4y
RachelAmphlett Sweet - thanks! 4y
EadieB @RachelAmphlett You‘re welcome! 4y
Grrlbrarian OMG 😍❤️❤️❤️ Thank you! 4y
EadieB @Grrlbrarian You‘re welcome! 4y
Crazeedi 👏💖 hi Eadie! I had a bad week, sick!! 4y
EadieB @Crazeedi Hope you feel better soon. I worried about @Gradcat - Have you heard from her? That hurricane was really bad! 4y
Crazeedi @EadieB no I havent! I've been wondering too, sent email, but she maybe lost power. And I dont have a phone number, I hope she answers soon. 4y
gradcat Hiya @EadieB ... I‘m trying very hard to get back into the swing of things...first I was ill, then this hurricane wiped out the internet. I can use my cell to post on Litsy, so I‘m doing that for now, but I hate doing that because it‘s so small! I miss you guys, you & @Crazeedi & @Tove_Reads & @Andrew65 ... but I really am working to get back to normal on Litsy. Hope you all are well (I know Diane isn‘t feeling well, so sorry!). ♥️♥️♥️ 4y
Tove_Reads @gradcat Great to hear you‘re ok! 4y
gradcat @Tove_Reads Thank you! And thanks for continuing to include me on #NordicNoir...I know I‘m sooo behind, but I‘m still interested in the books. ♥️ 4y
Tove_Reads @gradcat Now is a good time to join with Indridason and Larsson. Will post the September books as a reminder today 4y
gradcat @Tove_Reads Thank you! 4y
EadieB @gradcat Glad to hear you are ok. Sorry to hear you were so sick. Hope you‘re doing better and will stay well. 4y
Andrew65 @gradcat @crazeedi Great to hear from you both. Both having tough times in you own way, sending love and best wishes for September brining a new start fir both of you. Know you are both missed. 🥰 (edited) 4y
Andrew65 This is great news! Thanks for posting. 4y
Crazeedi @Andrew65 ❤🥰 you are the best my friend 4y
RaimeyGallant I loooooove this series 3y
EadieB @RaimeyGallant I'm going to do some searching to find out what happened to this new book that McKinty was writing. 3y
EadieB @RaimeyGallant I just sent him this tweet: I loved The Chain and have read all your Sean McDuffy novels. Are you still in the process of writing your next Sean McDuffy novel? Anxiously waiting for the next one! 3y
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Day 9 - #Top20Series #20Days20Series
#SeanDuffySeries #AdrianMcKinty

Excellent series! Anxiously awaiting another book in this series!

TrishB These look good, but can‘t get on kindle 🤷‍♀️ try to buy new series on kindle due to lack of space. 4y
Andrew65 @TrishB I‘m with you @EadieB loved these. Strange you can‘t get them on Kindle as I read them all as ebooks from my library. (edited) 4y
EadieB @Andrew65 That is strange! @TrishB 4y
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andrew61 I love this series, the humour is great and can't wait for the next one. Great choice. 4y
EadieB @andrew61 Thanks! 4y
MsMelissa I think you have the exact same reading taste as my husband. He‘s currently working his way through this series and loves it. 4y
EadieB @Book_Fiend_Melissa I think the British, Scottish and Irish Mystery authors are the best so that does not surprise me. 4y
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Day 15 - #FaveBook2019 #DearDecember

Jane Casey‘s Maeve Kerrigan series gets special mention. Also Ken Follett‘s books are all excellent reads.

MicheleinPhilly I have the first 3 or 4 in this series. Need to start soon. 4y
EadieB @MicheleinPhilly Yes! You will definitely enjoy them! 4y
Eggs ❤️📚🤗❤️ 4y
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EadieB
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Yes! We need another Sean Duffy novel!

#SeanDuffy #AdrianMcKinty

Andrew65 🎉🎊🥳🍾🥂 @EadieB @Tove_Reads 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 It may really happen! 5y
charl08 Sounds good! 5y
Tove_Reads He owns us three more! 5y
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Andrew65
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This was a good introduction to the series. I loved the first half of the book and enjoyed getting to know this new character, Sean Duffy is certainly an interesting and brave, if foolhardy at times, character. I do however feel the second half didn‘t maintain this standard at times and felt it was treading water at times. That said there was a different ending to the book and I enjoyed the book overall. I look forward to continuing this series.

RealBooks4ever My favorite Irish series!! 💜 5y
Andrew65 @RealBooks4ever I can see why. Think set the scene well in book 1 for the rest of the series. Will be reading book 2 in February. 5y
JaclynW I just started today! I'm on chapter 2. 5y
Andrew65 @JaclynW Hope you enjoy it, let me know hat you think as you go. I read most of the second half today. 5y
JaclynW @Andrew65 Will do! 5y
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What did you think? @EadieB @Andrew65

Tove_Reads I enjoyed the book and the setting. I always love to read about the troubles, or similar major cultural/religious problems around the globe. I did not really like Duffy that much, at least I haven‘t warmed up to him yet. There were a few inconsistencies in the book, and for a long time nothing happened. They got nowhere on the case and it just kept on going. Otherwise I really liked it. I‘m sure I‘ll grow into Duffy‘s character (or not 🤣). 5y
Tove_Reads Is it just me, or does it happen quite often in the first book of these mystery series that the main character is quite distance? We know they drink/smoke/do drugs/see a shrink etc., but not much is revealed. I wonder if it‘s because they have planned the series further and want to expand the character or if it‘s because they don‘t know if the series will take off to begin with. @EadieB @Andrew65 5y
EadieB @Tove_Reads I like Sean. I like that he is the only Catholic cop. That gives interest to his job and I‘m sure he has other secrets to be revealed but the author is saving it for other books. I think she will soften him up as we get to know him better. Basically 1st books are not the best books. They are just for introduction to characters, the history of the area etc. so can tend to be boring in places. In future books, more dialogue.@Andrew65 5y
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Andrew65 @EadieB I agree with you Eadie, I would have liked more dialogue. I liked the book for the first half (a lot) but it sort of lost the plot in the second half because as @Tove_Reads said it seemed to be treading water and going no where. A bit too much guns, shootings, violence for me but it was clear this was intentional. In the main I liked Sean but zone of his actions I didn‘t like and at the end of the day he murdered someone 👇 5y
Andrew65 Does this make him any better. Will be interested to see how the series goes goes, often the first books aren‘t the best ones. Hopefully book 2 will be more consistent and we‘ll get to know some people better. Jury very much still out. @EadieB @Tove_Reads 5y
Tove_Reads I‘m a firm believer the series gets better! What do you think about his relationship with Laura? I think that is going to be a long on and off thing. @EadieB @Andrew65 5y
Andrew65 @Tove_Reads That‘s a strange relationship. A lot of mixed messages going on there, and Laura is in danger by being with him. And that‘s without taking into account the episode in the toilet. @EadieB (edited) 5y
Tove_Reads Yet there‘s something I really loved about it all. So many dark political things and historical figures I recognize. How things were different in the 80s... Politics, the world, no social media. I did react to the statement that 🇬🇧 can‘t leave the EU. @Andrew65 @EadieB 5y
Andrew65 @Tove_Reads Democracy in the U.K. seems at risk over Brexit. Talk about a political crisis. 5y
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This book takes place in Belfast Northern Ireland in Spring 1981. It‘s a brilliant depiction of Belfast at the height of the Troubles. A serial killer is targeting gay men and Sean McDuffy is the cop caught in the crossfire. It‘s fast-paced, evocative and brutal with quality prose. I learned a lot about the IRA and the hunger strikes. Looking forward to the next in the series.

#thecoldcoldground #adrianmckinty

Andrew65 I‘m yet to finish this. Just over halfway through. 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 I listened to the audio all day today! 5y
Tonton I love Sean! 5y
Andrew65 Now finished. 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 Great! I‘m listening to Mo Hayder audio today and hope to finish tonight. 5y
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Starting A Cold, Cold Ground as a Buddy Read. This in quite an informal buddy read with discussion at the end of the book. All welcome to join. This is book 1 in the DS Sean Duffy Series. #AdrianMcKintyBuddyRead #SeanDuffyBuddyRead

DeborahSmall I think the Sean Duffy series is set in Carrickfergus where I live. My father in law loved them when he was alive. I remember him telling me, my old street was mentioned (coronation rd, in Victoria) I‘ve bought the books and will eventually get to them! 5y
Andrew65 @DeborahSmall Great to know, I will keep an eye out for your street and let you know if I come across it. 😊 5y
Andrew65 @DeborahSmall Sean Duffy lives on Coronation Road on the Victoria Estate, number 113. 5y
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Andrew65 @EadieB @Tove_Reads @DeborahSmall @JaclynW Loving this book so far, being set in 1981 it is not far off being historical fiction 😂 Much simpler policing times, amazing how things and people‘s attitudes have changed! 5y
Tove_Reads Finished! 5y
Andrew65 @Tove_Reads I‘m not surprised there. 😂 Did you enjoy it? 5y
Tove_Reads Yes, but a few things annoyed me. Let‘s talk about them once both of you have finished the book. When should we start reading Mo? I‘ve got the ebook now! @EadieB 5y
Andrew65 @Tove_Reads The best time for me for the Mo Hayder book is when we finish this one, I have a lot of reading commitments later in the month and am back at work on Monday. But depends on what @eadieb‘s commitments are. 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 @Tove_Reads I can try to read it but I am already in the middle of 3 books but what‘s one more. I‘ll just keep on reading and get to it soon. lol 5y
Andrew65 @EadieB Wpw, that‘s a lot. When will you finish one or two of those? 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 probably today I can finish (edited) 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 tomorrow I can finish 5y
Tove_Reads @EadieB @andrew65 Just let me know! Anytime is good for me 🙂 I always read about four books simultaneously. 5y
EadieB @Tove_Reads I‘ll fit it in some how! 5y
Andrew65 @Tove_Reads So possibly start, Birdman Friday or Saturday? @EadieB 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 yes that‘s fine with me! @Tove_Reads 5y
Tove_Reads @andrew65 @EadieB Tomorrow? Would that work? Over four or five days? 5y
EadieB @Tove_Reads Ok sounds good! @andrew65 (edited) 5y
Andrew65 @EadieB Let‘s say four days. @Tove_Reads 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 ok sounds good @Tove_Reads 5y
JaclynW @Andrew65 The 80's probably does qualify for historical fiction! 🤣🤣🤣 It was such a different time! I'm picking my book up today. I will start reading then! 5y
Andrew65 @JaclynW Will be interested to see what you think. 5y
DeborahSmall @Andrew65 the first house I bought was 135 coronation rd. loved it. Little 3 bedroom red terraced house with big back garden. Great area too x 5y
Andrew65 @DeborahSmall My character was one of your near neighbours! 😂 5y
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Tove_Reads
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Really enjoying the book so far! I have a masters in political science with a minor in British and Irish studies (and North American studies), so I have read about NI a lot. I also have more Irish books at home than the library at my university has. @EadieB @Andrew65

EadieB @Tove_Reads You need to read this series about NI 5y
Andrew65 I‘m due to start shortly. @EadieB 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 picking up my book today. 5y
Tove_Reads I started yesterday, so I‘ve finished the first 12 chapters. @EadieB @Andrew65 5y
Andrew65 @Tove_Reads There‘s us not started and you halfway through the book! 5y
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LitsyHappenings
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Repost for @Andrew65 :
During 2019 @EadieB @Tove_Reads and @Andrew65 Will be doing a buddy read of the six books in the DS Sean Duffy Series set in Northern Ireland at the height of the troubles in the 1980s. Happy for anyone to join us. To help organisation and planning I have put the start dates for the buddy reads for each book.

We‘d love for other people to join us.

Andrew65 Thanks for reposting 👍😊 The first one starts tomorrow. 5y
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During 2019 @EadieB @Tove_Reads and @Andrew65 Will be doing a buddy read of the six books in the DS Sean Duffy Series set in Northern Ireland at the height of the troubles in the 1980s. Happy for anyone to join us. To help organisation and planning I have put the start dates for the buddy reads for each book.

We‘d love for other people to join us.

Melissa_J My husband loves this series! 5y
Andrew65 @Melissa_J I‘ve been wanting to read this series for a while. Good to hear such a glowing recommendation. 5y
JaclynW I'm curious. 5y
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Andrew65 @JaclynW You‘d be welcome to join us. 😊 5y
JaclynW @Andrew65 I will try to fit it in. 🙂 I enjoy a good detective story and I'm intrigued about *the troubles*. 5y
Andrew65 @JaclynW The first one is quite a short book. I love a great detective story. 5y
andrew61 They are great books - i read the latest this year and am looking forward to the next asap. Enjoy everyone. 5y
Andrew65 @andrew61 Thanks is for this comment, I am looking forward to reading these. 5y
Tove_Reads Number 7 will be released this year. All together there‘ll be 10. 5y
Andrew65 @Tove_Reads That‘s well planned out by him to know there will be 10. 5y
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Can‘t keep track of our buddy reads anymore... We have Lamentation Jan 14, Echoes Jan 19, Whiteout, The Cold Cold Ground, Birdman, and me and @EadieB Here Be Dragons. Can‘t remember if we‘ve set other dates?! @Andrew65

Andrew65 Not set finalised dates yet. We did say Adrian McKinty in the first week of January. Will be sorting my dates out over next couple of days when will be able to decide final dates. @EadieB 5y
Tove_Reads @Andrew65 @EadieB And our of the blue I got Birdman now for two weeks. The joy of library ebooks, you never know when it‘s your turn when people in line decide not to borrow the book after all... So, ready to start when you are! 5y
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The jury has spoken and these are the final choices in the #CrimeSeriesBuddyRead @Andrew65 @Tove_Reads and @EadieB will be reading in 2019. Others will be welcome to join us.

We will start the first series the first week in January with the tagged book, which is the first book in the Detective Sean Duffy Series which is set in Northern Ireland.

This book was written in 2012, which I will mark off for my #CenturyofBooks Challenge.

TrishB The Jane Casey books are brilliant! Love Maeve 💕 5y
Andrew65 @TrishB Great to hear! 👍 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 Didn‘t we start the Sharon Bolton books too? 5y
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Andrew65 @EadieB That was on Librarything. If you are talking about the Lacey Flint series. We did read the Craftsman on Litsy but the next book isn‘t published until 2020 according to Amazon. (edited) 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 I guess I was confused. 5y
Andrew65 @EadieB Easy to do! 5y
Butterfinger Oh my. I've not heard of the century of books challenge. 5y
Andrew65 @Butterfinger It‘s one I‘m setting up for 2019, aiming to read a book published every year from 1920 -2019. 5y
Butterfinger @Andrew65 sounds awesome. I hope you don't mind that I steal your system of meeting your challenge goals. Example - ReadHarder (24/24). I just loved how you did that. 5y
Andrew65 @Butterfinger Steal away, if it helps that‘s great. I need to have the organisation or I forget and lose focus! 😊 5y
Tove_Reads @andrew65 @eadieb For the last few weeks I‘ve pretty much been just sleeping. Turns out I have a severe vitamin d deficiency. Last night I dreamed we had set up a time to discuss Heartstone, but I fell asleep. You were really angry with me because I didn‘t take part in it (because I fell asleep). 😃 I then took part in the heated discussion the following morning, but you wouldn‘t forgive me. 5y
EadieB @Tove_Reads I would forgive you no matter what. I had 1 parathyroid removed because of that same problem - low vitamin d and high calcium levels. 5y
Andrew65 @Tove_Reads One of our members of staff has had the same problem over the past few weeks, amazing what that vitamin deficiency causes, at one point we thought she was having a heart attack! I‘m a very forgiving person, and never hold grudges, but why didn‘t you read that book! 😂😂😂 Hopefully now it‘s known about you will start to feel better and more alive. (edited) 5y
Tove_Reads @andrew65 Need to figure out all these things for 2019. So, we start with The Cold cold ground. Lamentation 14.1. Echoes 19.1. Whiteout when? Then there‘s subject of the month, century, author of the month. Have I forgotten something? @EadieB 5y
Tove_Reads @EadieB @andrew65 Thanks! I would forgive you too! Just got liquid oily D, so hopefully it‘ll get better soon! 5y
Andrew65 @Tove_Reads Hopefully not, as already a lot there! 😳 5y
EadieB @Tove_Reads Was you calcium level ok? 5y
Tove_Reads @EadieB Wasn‘t part of this blood test. I had iron storage deficiency earlier, so iron, d and thyroid were checked. 5y
Tove_Reads @andrew65 @EadieB Do we have a plan how to proceed with the crime readings? 5y
EadieB @Tove_Reads Well if you don‘t feel better soon have the dr check calcium level and pth levels. (edited) 5y
Andrew65 @Tove_Reads Possibly two books a month. Jan from Eadie‘s and your list February from Mine and Eadie‘s, March from Yours and mine and so on. @EadieB (edited) 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 @Tove_Reads Just post what to read and then we will be ready! 5y
Tove_Reads @andrew65 @eadieb All three series sound so good! Can‘t believe I‘ve never heard of them before. One reason to love Litsy! 5y
Andrew65 @Tove_Reads Even more amazing is that we found good series none of us have read! @EadieB 5y
Tove_Reads @andrew65 @eadieb Also interesting is that the series have 7 (Andrew), 6 (Eadie) and 7, 8 in April 2019 (Tove) books. I mean, there were series with over 20 books on the lists. 5y
EadieB @Tove_Reads @Andrew65 We did some good research! 5y
Tove_Reads @andrew65 @eadieb Woohoo! The first Mo Hayder had gotten lost, but the library got it as an ebook! They have ordered the first Maeve Kerrigan book already in September, but I guess they haven‘t gotten it yet. There‘s something with the first book gone missing in all these mystery series I‘m about to read... 🤔😱😂 5y
EadieB @Tove_Reads That‘s interesting! At least they are trying to get your books for you! @Andrew65 (edited) 5y
Tove_Reads To be on the safe side... Because the first Maeve book got lost, and the library had ordered two new ones, and I don‘t know when they‘ll get here, so could we start (as planned) with McKinty and then move on to read the grim book by Mo? 5y
Andrew65 @Tove_Reads Yes that‘s no problem. @eadieb (edited) 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 @Tove_Reads Sounds ok to me! 5y
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#septemberdanes @Cinfhen @Kalalalatja

Frozen earth is pretty #SolidGround. 😉

This thriller is set in Northern Ireland in 1981, which means politics on top of the murder that has to be solved.

Kalalalatja I get chills just thinking about the ground being frozen 😳 6y
Cinfhen Solid choice 😉☃️❄️ 5y
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Lizpixie
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Doing some audio-puzzling tonight. Listening to Bk1 in Adrian McKintys series about a Catholic policeman in Ulster during The Troubles in Northern Ireland. It's hard to do your job when no one trusts you, including your colleagues. I love doing jigsaw puzzles on my iPad, less chance of losing a piece and I don't need a table to spread out on. What's everyone else up to tonight//today? #itsapuzzler

ChasingOm What app is that? My boyfriend loves puzzles and just bought himself an iPad; I think he would love that! 7y
julesG Cold Cold Ground was interesting. I love to do jigsaw puzzles, never thought about doing them on a tablet computer. 7y
Lizpixie @ChasingOm it's called Magic Puzzles, I love it @julesG I love the audio of this book, I love Irish accents.💚🍀💚 7y
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ChasingOm Thank you! I wanted to make sure I gave him a "trusted recommendation," hah! ?? 7y
Lizpixie @ChasingOm you're welcome! It comes with a basic pack of puzzles but they also have free puzzles in their store regularly, every puzzle you finish earns you coins, the smaller the pieces the more coins, you can use them to buy more puzzles plus you can turn your own photos or even images off the Internet into a puzzle as well. Well worth it in my book. 7y
Michelle_mck I love that series and the narrator is Fab - his accent is pretty good too 7y
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julesG
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Mehso-so

This was a "So-So" read. I didn't quite warm to the MC but I liked the murder-mystery.

#BelfastChild #JuneTunz @Cinfhen

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#JuneTunz #day9 #BelfastChild I'm listening to this on audiobook at the moment,with the thick accent of the narrator it really gives you that sense of being there.Set in Belfast at the height of the troubles,Detective Sergeant Duffy is trying to get to the bottom of a series of killings,but as a catholic policeman, he's trusted by no one & to make things worse, one of the victims might be IRA but was last seen talking to someone from the UVF.

Cinfhen Love when my reading world and book prompt world converge ⚡️⚡️⚡️ 7y
Andrew65 This is an author I want to try. 7y
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One of my very favorite living authors, Adrian McKinty is the author of The Dead Trilogy and the Sean Duffy series. He lives in Australia, so not likely to meet him, although he did just win his first Edgar (about time!) and his publisher should see he needs a U.S. tour! #KostovaGiveaway

Peterfox123 Tension from beginning to end. Work takes me to Belfast so some if the geography was familiar. I'll definitely follow this series. 7y
RealBooks4ever @Peterfox123 It is most excellent, especially on audio! 😍 7y
Peterfox123 @RealBooks4ever Yes! I had the audiobook too. Great narration. 7y
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Pickpick

Tatsächlich hat mir das Buch ausgesprochen gut gefallen. Die düstere Atmosphäre im Belfast der 80er Jahre, in Verbindung mit herzerfrischenden und witzigen Dialogen und einer guten Geschichte hat für sehr viel Lesespaß gesorgt.

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Random audio selection for a reading challenge and what a great random choice. Set in Northern Ireland during the early 80's Sean Duffy is an interesting main character. Interesting the author is Irish but loves in Melbourne Australia. Looking forward to reading more in the series. The narrator was great on this one

Peterfox123 Was an audiobook "read" for me too. Thought it was a great delivery by the narrator. 7y
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Was looking for a new audio book and found this one on #overdrive tonight, being the proud daughter of an Irishman from Belfast it should be interesting

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Der Regen draußen war so stark, als würde der Hass in auf Rathcoole prasseln lassen, nicht die Schwerkraft.

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Krimi ist ja nicht gerade mein Stammgenre und Serienmörder schrecken mich normalerweise ab. Diese Geschichte hat mich aber ganz schnell gepackt und ich bin zuversichtlich, dass ich nicht wieder wochenlang an 300 Seiten herumlese.

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amrsprout
The Cold Cold Ground | Adrian McKinty
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Pickpick

Can't wait for the other two in this series.

Peterfox123 Me too! 7y
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Abailliekaras
The Cold Cold Ground | Adrian McKinty
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Mehso-so

Wonderful sense of place - life in early 1980s northern Ireland during the Troubles - & dry sense of humour. It's a hard-boiled crime novel, but the style is too abrupt for me & occasionally clunky. I found Sean Duffy hard to relate to (sexist, or no-nonsense & of his time?) - a so-so read for me. Adrian mckinty is a very funny raconteur though so I wanted to like it more!

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Abailliekaras
The Cold Cold Ground | Adrian McKinty
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Thoroughly enjoying this thriller set in Northern Ireland (even on a 38 degree day)! ☀️

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julesG
The Cold Cold Ground | Adrian McKinty
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This is the only book list that really counts - well, it's the one with all the books on that I've read this year. Not all of them made it into Litsy (I only joined a while ago) and I forgot to put all of them into Goodreads.
So it's 56 books finished, so far. I haven't counted the abandoned books.

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GuiltyFeat
The Cold Cold Ground | Adrian McKinty
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Pickpick

Great detective work in Belfast, 1981. The plot is a bit all over the place but the setting feels authentic and the sectarian tension feels real. I guess McKinty would love to be the Northern Irish Ellroy and that's a perfectly fine ambition. I might pick up the next in the series to see if Duffy's the real deal or derivative bunkum.

Audrey I really enjoy this series. Each book gets better, which is saying a lot since I thought this first one was very good. Plus, they are fairly short so it's not a huge time investment if you don't like it. 7y
melbeautyandbooks @GuiltyFeat and @Audrey- Thanks! I added this to my stack. 7y
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